This one has a short answer and a warning attached. Replacing a lost or damaged Medicare card is free and is done through the government, in one of three ways, and nobody legitimate will ever telephone you to offer it. The question is worth a page mainly because the people who search it are exactly the people a particular kind of caller is looking for.
The three official routes
A replacement can be requested through a person's own Medicare account on Medicare.gov, through Social Security, which issues the card and holds the record behind it, or by telephoning Medicare's own helpline. All three are free and all three are run by the government. A printed copy of the card details can also be taken from the online account immediately, which is generally enough for an appointment while the physical card is in the post.
Nobody should be phoning you about this
Medicare does not make unsolicited calls to offer a new card, and federal marketing rules prohibit unsolicited contact in this market generally. A call, text or visitor offering to send a replacement, to upgrade a card, or to confirm a Medicare number in order to issue one is not the programme, and the number they are asking for is the one that opens a person's entire claims history. The safe response is to end the call and use one of the three routes above.
Why this page exists on a site that sells nothing
Because the ordinary answer is buried under pages that want something. This site takes no details, has no form, names no plan and earns no commission on anything, so there is nothing it could do with a Medicare number and no reason for it to ask. That is the whole shape of the site: it publishes what CMS publishes about how Medicare is held in each state, and it tells you where the government's own front door is when the question is administrative.
Questions people ask about how do i get a replacement medicare card
Does a replacement card cost anything?
No. It is free through Medicare's own account, through Social Security, or on Medicare's helpline.
Can I use Medicare before the new card arrives?
Yes. A printed copy of the card details from your online Medicare account is generally accepted while the card is in the post.
Someone called offering to send me a new card. Is that real?
No. Medicare does not make unsolicited calls about cards, and unsolicited marketing contact is prohibited in this market. Do not give out your Medicare number.
Does this site handle card replacements?
No. It has no form and takes no details. The links below are the government's own routes.